Xara Webster Movies - Control Bars and Galleries
You might also want to look at Customizing Control Bars
Docking Control Bars (14 seconds)
AVI Format (110K)
The movies starts by showing a free-floating Control Bar (called "Movie").
The Control Bar is then dragged over the vertical gray bar to the left
to dock it. Notice that the outline of the Control Bar changes to a single
line when it can be docked. The movie than shows the Control Bar being
dragged to the right to undock it. The outline changes to a double line when
the Control Bar is undocked.
Hiding Control Bars (20 seconds)
AVI Format (215K)
This movie shows how to hide or display Control Bars. First the
Standard Control Bar is hidden. The mouse pointer moves up the screen
to show you the area where the Standard Control Bar was. Then the File
Control Bar is displayed and the mouse pointer shows you that Control Bar.
Creating A New Control Bar (36 seconds)
AVI Format (440K)
This movies shows creating a new Control Bar. The Control Bar dialog box
is used to create a new, floating Control Bar called "Movie". Then an
ALT-drag moves the "Open file" button onto the new Control Bar. This
removes the button from the Standard Control Bar. Then a CTRL+ALT-drag
copies the "Save" button onto the new Control Bar. Notice the "+" sign
by the hand during the drag - this tells you this is a copy operation.
The "Save" button remains on the Standard Control Bar.
Resetting the Control Bars (19 seconds)
AVI Format (420K)
If you have created new Control Bars or hidden others, you may wish to
return to the factory default settings. This movies shows how to do it.
The "File" Control Bar (shown floating) is normally hidden and the tool
Infobar is normally displayed at the top of the window. Choosing Reset
on the Control Bars dialog box hides the "File" Control Bar and redisplays
the Infobar.
Resizing Buttons (24 seconds)
AVI Format (205K)
The default is to display the Tools as large icons and buttons as small.
You can use Control Bars dialog box to change this. The movie first
shows changing the Toolbar to small icons then back to large. Then it
shows changing the button at the top of the window to large then back
to small. Sometimes the window is slow to update - this is caused by
the movie-making program. In reality, screen update is almost instantaneous.
Folding & Unfolding Sections (7 seconds)
AVI Format (180K)
This movie shows you how to open and close sections in galleries.
Opening & Closing Galleries (15 seconds)
AVI Format (215K)
This movie shows how to display and hide the Galleries. It shows the
Bitmap Gallery but applies to all the Galleries. First it shows displaying
and then hiding the Gallery using the Utilities menu. Then it shows
using the Bitmap Gallery button on the Toolbar.

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